Arras Tokens Population Report

I recently acquired a lot of nearly 1,000 mixed Arras tokens on eBay. This was not a random sample (many tokens had been removed to make sets of 13), but it is the best measure of relative rarities of Arras tokens that I have. If anyone has any other information about the relative abundance/scarcity of the different token types, I would love to hear about it! [I have been keeping track of Arras tokens on eBay and other places, and will update this table from time to time.]

Note: I am only reporting designs, I have not subdivided these by size/metal/etc.

Obverse Reverse
Number
Percent
1a 2a
9
0.9
1a 2b
5
0.5
1a 2c
129
13.5
1a 2k
5
0.5
1a 3a
7
0.7
1a 3b
1
0.1
1a 7b
7
0.7
1a 23a
15
1.6
1b 2a
129
13.5
1c 2g
63
6.6
1c 2i
8
0.8
1c 2j
5
0.5
1c 4a
1
0.1
1c 10a
13
1.4
1c 12c
2
0.2
1c 14a
5
0.5
1c 16b
2
0.2
1c 16c
1
0.1
1c 17a
28
2.9
1c 17b
7
0.7
1c 17c
4
0.4
1c 22a
1
0.1
1d 2j
1
0.1
1d 16b
7
0.7
1d 17e
23
2.4
1d 17f
7
0.7
1e 5a
7
0.7
1f 5h
11
1.2
1g 8c
2
0.2
1h 4b
7
0.7
1i 2c
1
0.1
2b 5e
3
0.3
2c 7a
10
1.0
2c 8a
15
1.6
2c 8d
1
0.1
2e 5c
1
0.1
2f 5e
4
0.4
2g 24a
1
0.1
2g 25a
21
2.2
2h 12b
16
1.7
3c 5e
16
1.7
3d 5e
1
0.1
3e 5e
15
1.6
3e 5h
110
11.5
3f 5e
9
0.9
4c 25a
1
0.1
5b 13b
1
0.1
5d 9a
4
0.4
5e 8b
4
0.4
5e 8e
1
0.1
5f 8h
5
0.5
5g 8d
1
0.1
5h 8g
44
4.6
5h 8h
18
1.9
5h 8i
6
0.6
5h 10d
3
0.3
5h 17d
1
0.1
6a 13b
6
0.6
6a 14a
37
3.9
7a 13a
3
0.3
10b 12b
3
0.3
10c 12b
8
0.8
11a 15a
1
0.1
11b 23b
1
0.1
11c 15c
14
1.5
12b 17a
2
0.2
13b 22b
7
0.7
16a 21b
3
0.3
18a 19a
4
0.4
19b 20a
8
0.8
other tokens  
30
3.1
damaged  
4
0.4
total =  
956

 

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